Behavioural Economics and its' hipper, more down to earth bed fellow "Nudge Marketing" are certainly flavour of the month. From the APA Content Summit's key note speaker, Rory Sutherland, to Barack Obama and David Cameron, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's book "Nudge - Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness" has become the bed time reading of choice for anybody who is anybody in the world of brand communications. Read more »

It's February and probably the dog-end of the year - Christmas and Valentine's Day have come and gone in theirs Victorian attempts to revive a month without charm or character; whilst spring remains just out of reach. Read more »

While sitting on a train heading to Manchester for a client meeting last week, I found myself with a rare opportunity for people watching. The busy carriage held most forms of modern human life: suited executives punching their Blackberrys, students working on their laptops, kids playing computer games while their parents caught up with their texts. Read more »

This month: the world's biggest brands get social, why Facebook is more important than you think, how the mobile is overtaking the PC, and why new TVs could change France's viewing habits forever. Plus, could ringback tone advertising be the next big thing? Read more »